Frequently Asked Questions
What is tweetymail?
tweetymail is a Twitter client. To use it, you send it emails. Depending on
which "@tweetymail.com" address you send your email to, tweetymail can do
different things. For example, you can send an email to tweet@tweetymail.com
to post a tweet. See the
tweetymail user guide
for more details.
Umm... isn't there a service that already does this?
Yes, and twittermail looks like a great service! Consider this an alternative that
does things differently. For starters, tweetymail knows who you are based on the
"from" address of your emails. Instead of having to send emails to your
own secretly generated email address, you can send emails to normal email
addresses such as tweet@tweetymail.com, follow@tweetymail.com, and message@tweetymail.com.
This approach is very simple and allows tweetymail to support more features than the other
email-to-twitter services out there. Most importantly, tweetymail was designed for convenience. Some of the convenient features include:
- Flexibility to use the subject line and/or body of your emails when tweeting
- Automatic URL shortening
- Ability to ignore your email signature
- Support for actions based on forwarded Twitter notification emails
Isn't it easy to fake the "from" address of an email?
Yes, this is a long standing problem with email. Fortunately, there are
a few email authentication protocols such as
Sender Policy Framework and
DomainKeys Identified Mail that help prevent forgery.
tweetymail relies on protocols such as these to verify the sender of an
email and will reject any email that fails verification. I cannot guarantee
that it's completely foolproof, but hey, I trust it enough to use it myself :-)
Sender verification fails when I send emails from Google Apps or when I use the "send as" feature in Gmail
This happens because Google is not authorized to send emails as you according to the Sender Policy Framework. You can
fix this by publishing an SPF record
that authorizes Google to send emails on behalf of your domain.
Can I tweet Google Calendar reminders by forwarding the emails to tweetymail?
Funny you ask, because the answer is yes! Since Google Calendar always sends reminders to your Gmail account, you first need to create a filter
in Gmail that will forward the reminder to tweet@tweetymail.com (see this how-to if you need help).
On the tweetymail side of things, you simply need to link the Gmail address that will be forwarding the calendar reminder. You should not
link 'calendar-notification@google.com' because this will not work.
I have a problem / found a bug / would like a feature / etc...
Great! Feel free to send your feedback and suggestions to @anilchawla via Twitter.